Posts tagged with "Nintendo"

Modern gaming is great. We get it. 2017 was an incredible year for video gaming and 2018 will be too. But, enough about that. Let’s return to our roots. Because, while the games coming out today are fantastic, there is another revolution happening in modern gaming that needs more attention: increased backwards compatibility and...

The Nintendo Entertainment System had a large number of side-scrolling action games that featured heavy difficulty, 8-bit graphics, and plenty of retro action. This has led to numerous modern takes on classic gameplay and graphics, such as 2014’s Shovel Knight. On today’s episode of InnoTech Arcade, we take a look at Wonder Boy: The...

Video gaming has established itself as a form of media on par with television, film, and music, entering the mainstream as a multifaceted hobby thanks to the growing world of esports and yearly E3 announcements. But, besides being around for decades can an argument be made that 2017 was the best year for gaming?Let’s take a look at...

Animal Crossing must seem like a very strange concept to the uninitiated. You play as a human that lives in a small community full of animals. There's no way to "win" the game, as it acts more as a simulation than an adventure. Along the way, you fish, decorate your home, and run errands for your animal friends. Yes, I'm a grown man and...

There has been no shortage of strange add-ons for video games throughout the years. One of the major developments was the release of Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, which created an entire industry known as “toys to life,” a devious move to get parents to buy not only overpriced games for their children, but also overpriced toys....

It took Nintendo quite some time to embrace mobile gaming. Up until the release of Super Mario Run late last year, the company had avoided directly developing games for smartphones for years. Well, that didn’t stop The Pokémon Company, the developers of a little-known series called Pokémon, from showing our phones some Poké-love....

With the recent announcement of the Super Nintendo Classic Edition (another retro console with games packed in from Nintendo that will undoubtedly sell millions and be impossible to get), I’ve been thinking about other consoles that deserve the same treatment. While platforms such as the NES, Sega Genesis, and Atari 2600 have been...

In case you haven’t heard the news, Atari is back in the console game with the recently announced Ataribox. Can it compete with the likes of gigantic companies like Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft? Almost certainly not. But it will definitely be interesting to watch. One thing that set Atari consoles of the past apart was their...

It’s safe to say that people expected Nintendo to go all out for E3 this year. After all, they only just released their newest console a few months ago, with many major releases still on the horizon. However, the company didn’t just lazily show off their upcoming games. Nintendo is a company with personality, and they definitely...

Nintendo has experienced the best of times and the worst of times over its many decades in the video game industry. The Japanese giant has had ups and downs with its console releases, striking out with the GameCube in 2001 only to hit a grand slam with the Wii in 2006, and then striking out again with the Wii U in 2012. On March 3,...

Today is a special day, And not just because it’s Friday and the weekend is a mere work day away. But it’s also a special day for Nintendo enthusiasts like myself. (Yes, I just wrote that sentence. I have no regrets.) The Nintendo Switch, the intriguing mixture of home console and portable game device, is officially out today. And...

If you’re like me, your top priority over the past week has been obtaining the recently launched NES Classic Edition (or "NES Mini") console. And, if you’re like me, you were disappointed to see that getting an NES Mini at a reasonable price at the moment is about as easy as getting a self-driving car that prints money and makes...

Since its mysterious mention in March of 2015, there has been tons of speculation on the nature of the Nintendo’s new project, code-named the NX. Would it be a new handheld console as a successor to the 3DS? Would it be the home console everyone wanted the mildly disappointing Wii U to be? As it turns out, it’s both, meet the...